Faucet



(No Model.)

' D. C. KNIGHT.

Faucet.

No. 235,091. 'Patented Dec. 7,1880.

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DAVID C. KNIGHT, OF MANCHESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

FAUCET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,091, dated December7, 1880.

Application filed September 11, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DAVID C. KNIGHT, ofManchester, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Faucets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of faucets composed of a socketsecured to the head of a barrel so as to project into the interior of 1othe barrel, and a rotary tube fitted in the socket and provided with anopening which registers with an opening` in the socket, so as to permitthe escape of the liquid in the barrel through the tube when the tube isturned in one direction, and is covered by the socket, so as to preventthe .escape of the liquid when the tube is turned in the oppositedirection, the tube being adapted to be connected to a suitable pipe orextension to conduct the liquid zo from the barrel.

The invention has for its object, rst, to prevent the passage of liquidfrom the barrel into the tube from being obstructed by sediment orforeign matter; and, secondly,to enable the z5 end of the socket to bereadily and tightly closed, and the end of the tube to be protected whenthe faucet is not in use. To these ends my invention consists in theimprovements which I will now proceed to describe and 3o claim.

Of the accompanying drawings, forming-a part of this speciiication,Figure l represents a side view of a faucet embodying my invention. Fig.2 represents an end vieu7 of the 3 5 same, the end being closed. Fig. 3represents a section on line x x, Fig. l. Fig. et represents a similarsection, showing the end of the socket uncapped and a pipe connectedwith the tube. Fig. 5 represents a section on line y y, Fig. 3.

4o Fio. 6 represents a plan view of a portion of the faucet.

The same letters of reference indicate the sanne parts in all thefigures.

In the drawings,A represents a tubular metallic socket, taperedinteriorly from end to end, and provided with an enlarged outer end orhead, a, which is threaded externally, and thus adapted to be secured tothe head D of a barrel, the socket projecting into the barrel.

5o Within the head a is a screw-threaded recess,

a', to receive a threaded cap or plug, B.

constitutes a strainer which permits liquid to ow into the tube from thebarrel 'when the tube is properly turned, and arrests ou its outersurface the sediment and foreign matter contained in the liquid.

e represents an opening in the socket A, which opening is of such sizeand is so located that when the tube is turned in one direction it willexpose the strainer or perforated portion of the tube and permit liquidsto tlow through the perforations c, as shown in Figs. l and 4. When thetube is turned in the opposite direction the strainer will pass underand be covered by a portion of the socket ad- -jacent to the opening e,so that nothing can pass through the perforations e, as shown in Figs. 3and 5.

It will be seen that when the tube is turned to cover the strainer oneedge of the opening e will act as a scraper to remove from the strainerany sediment or foreign mattei" that may have accumulated thereon, sothat the ordinary operation of the faucet will usually serve to keep thestrainer clear; and in oase the strainer becomes obstructed while liquidis being drawn it may be cleared by turning' the tube back and forth afew times.

It is well known that in beer and other malt liquors there is liable tobe a considerable quantity of sediment and solid matter, which is likelyto obstruct a strainer, and much diffe culty from this cause has beenexperienced in the use of faucets with internal strainers, the strainersheretofore used being unprovided with means for clearing their surfaces;consequently the barrel has had to be frequently shaken to dislodge theobstructions. This difficulty is entirely obviated by my invention,

The rotary movements of the tube in the socket are properly limited by apin, p, from the tube and a slot, s, in the socket in which the pinworks. Vhen the faucet is in operation a conducting-pipe, F, is securedinto the outer end of the tube C, as shown in Fig. 4.;

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but when it is desired to permanently close the faucet and cover the endof the socket and tube the tube C is turned to cover the strainer, thepipe F is removed, and the plug` or cap B is screwed into the recess a',as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The outer end of the tube G is 1ocated backof the recess a', s0 that the cap B can be screwed in until its outersurface is.

` ure of the liquid, and are consequently more easily operated.

I do not claim, broadly, a faucet composed of a socket adapted to beinserted into a barrel and a tube fitted to turn therein, and pro videdwith an opening,` to coincide with an opening` in the socket, as I amaware that this is not new in a faucet having a strainer arrangedoutside of the socket.

I claim as my inventionl. In a faucet, the tubular socket A, providedwith the opening` e', and combined with the rotary tube C, fitted insaid socket with a screw, f, and spring-washer wf, and havingperforations e, forming,` a strainer, which is arranged to coincide withthe opening e when the tube C is turned in one direction, and to becovered by the portion of the socket adjacent to the opening c when thetube is turned in the opposite direction, substantially as and for thepurpose speeied.

2. The combination of the socket A, tapered interiorly from end to end,adapted to be secured to a barrel, and provided with an enlarged head,a, having a threaded recess, a', the rotary tube C, fitted in the socketA, and secured therein by a screw, f, and spring washer w', andterminating,` at the inner' end ofthe recess a', and the screw-plug` B,adapted to be screwed into the recess a to cover the end of the tube C,as set forth.

DAVID GROFTS KNIGHT.

Vitnesses HENRY KNIGHT, GEO. F. ALLEN.

